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Gallipoli

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English

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WOTD – 25 April 2025

Etymology

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ANZAC Cove in Gallipoli, Turkey (sense 1), a World War II battle site.
A view of Gallipoli in Apulia, Italy (sense 2).

Sense 1 (“peninsula in Turkey”) is borrowed from Italian Gallipoli, from Turkish Gelibolu,[1][2] and from its etymon Byzantine Greek Καλλίπολῐς (Kallípolĭs, “Kallipolis, former name of Gelibolu”) and late variant forms, from Ancient Greek κᾰ́λλος (kắllos, “beauty; beautiful person or thing; nobility”) (probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kal- (“beautiful”)) + πόλις (pólis, “city; city-state”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tpelH- (“city; fortification”)). Doublet of Callipolis, Gelibolu, and Kallipolis.

Sense 2 (“town in Italy”) is borrowed from Italian Gallipoli,[3] from Latin Callipolis, from Byzantine Greek Καλλίπολῐς (Kallípolĭs): see above.

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Proper noun

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Gallipoli

  2. A peninsula in Turkey, north of the Dardanelles, between the Aegean and Marmara seas.
    Synonyms: Chersonese, Chersonesus Thracica, Thracian Chersonese (all historical)
    1. (by ellipsis, historical) The Gallipoli Campaign (1915–1916) in World War I.
      • 1977, Colleen McCullough, “1921–1928”, in The Thorn Birds, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Row, →ISBN, page 40:
        And anyway, it strikes me that the blasted English use Anzacs as fodder for the enemy guns, putting them into places where they don't want to waste their own precious tropps. Look at the way that saber-rattling [Winston] Churchill sent our men into something as useless as Gallipoli! Ten thousand killed out of fifty thousand! Twice as bad as decimation.
    2. (dated) Synonym of Gelibolu, a town and municipality of Turkey located on the Gallipoli peninsula (sense 1).
  4. (also attributive) A town in Lecce, Apulia, Italy.
    Gallipoli oil    Gallipoli soap

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References

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  1. ^ “Gallipoli, n.2”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2025.
  2. ^ “Gallipoli, n.”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  3. ^ “Gallipoli, n.1”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, December 2024.

Further reading

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Italian

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Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Latin Callipolis, from Ancient Greek Καλλίπολις (Kallípolis).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡalˈli.po.li/
  • Rhymes: -ipoli
  • Hyphenation: Gal‧lì‧po‧li

Proper noun

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Gallipoli m

  1. A town in Lecce, Apulia, Italy
  2. Gallipoli, Gelibolu (a town and municipality of Turkey)
  3. Gallipoli (a peninsula in Turkey)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → English: Gallipoli
  • → Portuguese: Galípoli

Further reading

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Portuguese

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Proper noun

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Gallipoli f

  1. Alternative spelling of Galípoli
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